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I am pretty sure you know the answer to that.

I am for the new healthcare bill, although not for the entire thing and I surely have some unanswered questions.

My main problem with it is that the only people that are exempt from the plan are the politician, justices, and the President that passed the Bill. It is either not equal or they at least know that it is not something that they want to have to take part in.

I am not exactly for it, but if it helps drive down healthcare cost significantly over the next 15-20 years it will be a success

I know absolutely nothing about this healthcare bill.

I know that my relatives in Australia still carry health insurance and so do many over there. They have told me it works out much better than using the public healthcare system. Really don't know why though.

More people insured isn't going to drive down quality. Those healthcare companies are going to expand and hire more people to compensate.

Which could be bad because you don't maintain a relationship with a doctor because they will not work as often.

You are crazy if you think the quality of professionals won't decrease.

Healthcare professionals making less money will push more intelligent people towards a different profession. The money is why they endure the schooling, not the satisfaction of helping a life unfortunately. I'm not going to med school because of the risk of a lower pay and the schooling isn't worth it without the money. I know dozens of others that feel the same way and chose a different profession. Doctors are already talking of finding alternatives to maximize income during this bullshit.

The government delivers mail as a public service. That is the point, they aren't supposed to make a profit but make it affordable for it's citizens.

Or maybe it will make it more competitive because the difference in pay between a good doctor and a bad doctor will increase

but it's not doctors pay that is the issue, it's the over priced medication and equipment compared to most other countries in the world

And a private company would charge an arm and a leg (talking about the USPS). Not everyone in this country can be rich. The world needs ditch diggers, too. Should they not have affordable access to things like this?

A private company isn't going to service rural areas at the same price.

There are some things that are a public good, a civic service that are better not handled by the private sector.

You are comparing apples and oranges.

The reason USPS is such a problem is union contracts that were made for boom times and now are unmanageable.

If you take those out and leave the rising cost to compensate for lack of consumer (more people using other means of communication), the USPS would be about where it's always been--- a non-profit public service.